NINE senior advisers to Mike Rann have received golden handshakes totalling more than $200,000.

Government figures released to The Advertiser show nine of Mr Rann's closest backroom allies were given termination payments at the end of his tenure - equivalent to 16 weeks' full pay.

The exit payments come in addition to $150,000 owed to the staff in accrued leave.

It is also possible the number will increase as some former staff are subject to selection processes for new jobs and foregone the payment until the outcome of those negotiations are known.

It also can be confirmed Mr Rann's former economics adviser, Rowan Roberts, received a $27,150 termination payment, the second in 18 months.

Ms Roberts took a separation payment after last year's state election and returned to the same job 11 months later.

She is understood to have secured employment with the Federal Government.

The Opposition yesterday said the payouts were the price paid by the taxpayer for Mr Rann's broken promise he would stay on as Premier until at least the end of the current Parliamentary term.

The termination payments are given to staff who leave the public service and do not apply to former Rann advisers, including former chief of staff Nick Alexandrides and media adviser Lachlan Parker who have been offered jobs in the justice department.

The payments are defended as compensation for the lack of job security experienced by political staffers.

Opposition finance spokesman Rob Lucas said the taxpayer was also facing further expenses due to the re-allocation of former Rann staff in the public sector.